LONDON, July 17: Nickelodeon UK is extending its animation offerings with the launch of a new channel, NickToonsters, on August 18 on Sky.

NickToonsters will target the 5-to-7 set, featuring classic cartoons such as Rugrats, Hey Arnold, The Wild Thornberrys, CatDog and As Told by Ginger. It joins the Nickelodeon family of channels already on air in the U.K. that includes Nick Jr. and NickToons.

Howard Litton, the managing director of Nickelodeon UK, commented: “NickToonsters will feature the gentler side of animation and provide the perfect transition from Nick Jr. to NickToons for 5- to 7-year-olds."

“High-quality animation from all over the world is a real hallmark of Nickelodeon, and we have a wealth of exclusive content that we’re constantly getting requests for,” he continued. “NickToonsters will provide a chance for popular cartoons like Rugrats to shine on their own channel both as a welcome return for existing fans and as a whole new world of friends for a brand-new audience.”

I would sure hope this is a test to see how a rewind channel would work, I want one of these in the US! Then they can move Rugrats and Ren and Stimpy to this new channel and use Nicktoons Network for crap like Ricky Sprocket and reruns of Avatar.

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